| Rank | Critic | Publication | List Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Mario Alegre | Priera Hora | 2012 |
| Pamela Bienzobas | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 | |
| James Brown | Senses of Cinema Poll | 2012 | |
| Celluloid Liberation Front | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Fillmicas.com | 2012 | |
| Lee Hill | Senses of Cinema | 2012 | |
| 8 | Oliver Lyttelton | indieWIRE | 2012 |
| Sophia Savage | IndieWIRE | 2012 | |
| 6 | Genna Terranova | Tribeca Film Festival | 2012 |
| 3 | Sam Adams | AV Club | 2013 |
| 10 | The A.V. Club | 2013 | |
| 10 | Nicolas Azalbert | Cashiers du Cinema | 2013 |
| 4 | Cyril Beghin | Cashiers du Cinema | 2013 |
| 4 | Steve Boone | rogerebert.com | 2013 |
| Canberra Times | 2013 | ||
| 9 | Diego Costa | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 10 | Neal Dhand | 21st Century Media News Service | 2013 |
| 8 | Ernesto Diezmartinez | Reforma | 2013 |
| 6 | David Fear | Time Out New York | 2013 |
| 10 | Brian Formo | Crave Online | 2013 |
| 9 | Leo Goldsmith | Indiewire Poll | 2013 |
| 4 | Steve Greene | Criticwire | 2013 |
| 7 | Tomas Hachard | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 3 | Odie Henderson | RogerEbert.com | 2013 |
| 9 | Logan Hill | Freelance | 2013 |
| 5 | Boyd van Hoeij | Village Voice Poll | 2013 |
| 10 | Rachel Jacobson | Skandies | 2013 |
| 4 | Jonathan Kiefer | SF Weekly | 2013 |
| 10 | Andrew Lapin | The Atlantic | 2013 |
| 8 | Joachim Lepastier | Cashiers du Cinema | 2013 |
| 9 | John Lichman | indiewire poll | 2013 |
| Karina Longworth | Village Voice | 2013 | |
| 7 | Scott MacDonald | AV Club | 2013 |
| 9 | Adam Mazmanian | Washington Times | 2013 |
| 4 | Nick McCarthy | Slant Magazine | 2013 |
| 7 | Sean P. Means | The Salt Lake Tribune | 2013 |
| 7 | Thierry Meranger | Cashiers du Cinema | 2013 |
| 8 | Nell Minow | RogerEbert.com | 2013 |
| 5 | Kristi Mitsuda | Indiewire Poll | 2013 |
| 10 | Brogan Morris | Movie Mezzanine | 2013 |
| Omer Mozaffar | RogerEbert.com | 2013 | |
| 8 | Charles Odell | Skandies | 2013 |
| Philadelphia City Paper | 2013 | ||
| 5 | Gerald Peary | indieWIRE Poll | 2013 |
| 10 | Corey Pierce | criticalmasscast.com | 2013 |
| 10 | Mark Pittillo | Skandies | 2013 |
| 6 | Matt Prigge | Metro | 2013 |
| 8 | Rania Richardson | NYC Community Media | 2013 |
| David Ridel | C-Ville | 2013 | |
| 7 | Vadim Rizov | Indiewire Poll | 2013 |
| 8 | Brian Robertson | The Seventh Art | 2013 |
| 4 | Nathaniel Rogers | The Film Experience | 2013 |
| 9 | Charlie Schmidlin | RogerEbert.com | 2013 |
| 9 | Michael Sicinski | Indiewire Poll | 2013 |
| 8 | Eric D. Snider | Film.com | 2013 |
| 7 | Eddie Stats | OkayPlayer | 2013 |
| Dana Stevens | Slate | 2013 | |
| 6 | Miran Terzic | CAST Awards | 2013 |
| 8 | Rob Thomas | Madison Movie | 2013 |